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Oplantia vs Ashby

$400/mo. Best analytics in the category. But no AI sourcing. Not for agencies.

The best-built ATS for tech companies. Beautiful analytics, thoughtful design, strong engineering. But Ashby is for in-house teams at venture-backed startups, not recruitment agencies. $400/mo entry. AI Notetaker and Advanced Scheduling are paid add-ons. And it's per-company pricing that scales with headcount.

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Time to first candidate
60 seconds
vs Days (no sourcing DB)
Pricing model
Flat $0–$399/mo
vs $400 / month (Foundations ≤100 employees)
Free trial
Yes · no card
vs No
AI agents
Included on paid plans
vs AI Notetaker (paid add-on on all tiers; 500 free interviews included)
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Oplantia
$0–$399/ month, flat

No per-seat pricing. WhatsApp, SMS, Email, LinkedIn, AI agent — all included.

  • AI sourcing from 1B+ profiles
  • Autonomous TRU agents
  • Multi-channel sequences
  • Career-site widget
  • Hiring-signal watchers
Ashby
$400 / month (Foundations ≤100 employees)

Foundations $400/mo. Plus $30–70K/yr (custom). Enterprise $60–120K/yr (custom). AI Notetaker = paid add-on. Advanced Scheduling = paid add-on.

Free trial
No
Built for
Venture-backed startups to mid-market tech (100–1,000 employees)
Feature-by-feature

What you actually get for the money.

A side-by-side look at the capabilities recruiters use every day.

Capability
Oplantia
Ashby
Transparent pricing
Limited
Free trial (no card)
AI sourcing across 1B+ profiles
Paid add-on
Multi-channel sequences (Email + LinkedIn + WhatsApp + SMS)
Limited
WhatsApp integration
SMS messaging
Career-site AI chatbot
Autonomous AI inbox agent (24/7)
Voice-note + CV parsing
Limited
Zero-touch interview booking (Google + Outlook)
Limited
ATS + CRM included
Unlimited users & roles
No per-seat pricing
Hiring-signal watchers (19 signals)
Founder pricing locked for life
Why teams switch

Real reasons recruiters move from Ashby.

Not marketing fluff — pulled from what users actually say in G2, Capterra, Reddit, and our own founder conversations.

1

$400/mo for no AI sourcing

Ashby's $400 Foundations has no sourcing. The AI sourcing that matters costs extra. Oplantia Solo at $99 includes 1 AI agent + sourcing.

2

Not for agencies

Ashby is for in-house TA teams. Recruitment agencies need per-client isolation, client workspaces, white-label — which Ashby doesn't have.

Real complaints

What Ashby users wish was different.

Aggregated from G2, Capterra, TrustRadius, Reddit, and buyer-intel sources. We're not making this up — these are the actual pain points buyers report.

$400/mo entry point
200 email-lookup-per-month cap bottlenecks high-volume sourcing
AI add-ons cost extra (Notetaker paid on all tiers)
Per-employee scaling — cross 100 employees mid-contract triggers upgrade to Plus
Not built for agencies — no per-client isolation
No WhatsApp
Steep learning curve (14 settings tabs)
Opaque Plus/Enterprise pricing
Fair credit

What Ashby genuinely does well.

Best analytics in the category
Beautiful interface
Fast engineering
135% YoY growth
Strong AI content assistant
MCP server
Switch in 30 seconds

Already on Ashby?
We'll handle the move.

White-glove migration is included with founding access. You keep every candidate, every note, every sequence — we just rebuild it where it actually works.

01

Export from Ashby

One CSV or a read-only API token. We accept whatever format your account spits out.

02

We map and migrate

Candidates, notes, sequences, pipeline stages — mapped to Oplantia in under 48 hours by our team.

03

You ship hires

Walk into Oplantia with your full history intact. First placement on the new stack — same week.

One extra placement pays for the whole year.

Founding agencies lock in the lowest price forever. No per-seat tax. No surprise invoices.

No credit card. No spam. 60 seconds to your spot.